St. Johns County caps residential fences, walls, and hedges at six feet. Within the front twenty-five feet of the property line the limit drops to four feet, and nothing may block the sight lines of oncoming traffic. Corner lots may run six feet along the second frontage.
Florida is a home-rule state, and St. Johns County sets fence height through its Land Development Code rather than any statewide rule. On residentially zoned land a fence, wall, or hedge may reach six feet in side and rear yards but is held to four feet within the front twenty-five feet measured from the property line, protecting the streetscape from St. Augustine to Nocatee. Nothing may obstruct the view of oncoming traffic in either direction, so corner and driveway sight triangles stay clear. Corner lots are allowed six feet along the second street frontage.
A fence exceeding the code height or blocking a required sight triangle draws a code-enforcement notice from St. Johns County and an order to lower or relocate it, with daily fines until corrected.
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